[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by frose

don't tell me about paying attention.. when someone tells me what i can or cannot do with My property they better be paying my property taxes, or **** off. and real estate people are only selling "a lifestyle, not a home" and only are about the commission, there was never a mention of these restrictions before, during or after closing. we were told about them when we were getting our ID cards. I can only hope that someone will come to their senses and fix this..( i know, it's not broken) can't wait to leave!!

Good luck getting your property tax paid or having them **** off. Don’t think you’ll last long here

[coffeebean]

Originally Posted by Bill14564

Your real estate person should have informed you that you were looking at a deed-restricted neighborhood. The restrictions are online, were likely presented to you before closing, and were certainly part of closing. If you weren't aware of them until after you closed then you weren't paying attention.

Allowing pink flamingos would be moving back to the 50s.

I took that "pink flamingo" comment to be tongue in cheek. We all know pink flamingos are tacky, tacky, tacky.

I've seen beautiful looking flamingos (not pink) that enhance the landscape and I have no objection to them. I am aware those nice flamingos are also against most deed restrictions in The Villages.

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by frose

don't tell me about paying attention.. when someone tells me what i can or cannot do with My property they better be paying my property taxes, or **** off. and real estate people are only selling "a lifestyle, not a home" and only are about the commission, there was never a mention of these restrictions before, during or after closing. we were told about them when we were getting our ID cards. I can only hope that someone will come to their senses and fix this..( i know, it's not broken) can't wait to leave!!

Leaving?
You will not be missed……

[Marathon Man]

Originally Posted by frose

don't tell me about paying attention.. when someone tells me what i can or cannot do with My property they better be paying my property taxes, or **** off. and real estate people are only selling "a lifestyle, not a home" and only are about the commission, there was never a mention of these restrictions before, during or after closing. we were told about them when we were getting our ID cards. I can only hope that someone will come to their senses and fix this..( i know, it's not broken) can't wait to leave!!

1. No one tells you what you can and cannot do with your property. You told yourself what you can and cannot do the second you signed the contract agreeing to the deed restrictions.

2. Buh Bye

[Bill14564]

Originally Posted by frose

don't tell me about paying attention.. when someone tells me what i can or cannot do with My property they better be paying my property taxes, or **** off. and real estate people are only selling "a lifestyle, not a home" and only are about the commission, there was never a mention of these restrictions before, during or after closing. we were told about them when we were getting our ID cards. I can only hope that someone will come to their senses and fix this..( i know, it's not broken) can't wait to leave!!

If you are really that sure that you did not sign the deed restrictions then go ahead and put up your pink flamingo and see how it goes. If no one reports it then you're fine. If someone does report it then you can roll out your "**** off" attitude and your emphatic denial that you ever signed the restrictions that 70,000+ others have signed. You might be the one they forgot.

[coffeebean]

Originally Posted by frose

don't tell me about paying attention.. when someone tells me what i can or cannot do with My property they better be paying my property taxes, or **** off. and real estate people are only selling "a lifestyle, not a home" and only are about the commission, there was never a mention of these restrictions before, during or after closing. we were told about them when we were getting our ID cards. I can only hope that someone will come to their senses and fix this..( i know, it's not broken) can't wait to leave!!

You honestly did not know this is a deed restricted community until AFTER you closed? That really surprises me. Take a look around and you can tell this community is pristine. IMHO, deed restrictions is what it takes to have a pristine looking community.

[coffeebean]

Originally Posted by Bill14564

If you are really that sure that you did not sign the deed restrictions then go ahead and put up your pink flamingo and see how it goes. If no one reports it then you're fine. If someone does report it then you can roll out your "**** off" attitude and your emphatic denial that you ever signed the restrictions that 70,000+ others have signed. You might be the one they forgot.

Why does the OP insist he/she wasn't told of the deed restriction in The Villages? Why doesn't the OP go through his/her closing documents. The signed deed restrictions should be among those papers. Case closed.

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by coffeebean

Why does the OP insist he/she wasn't told of the deed restriction in The Villages? Why doesn't the OP go through his/her closing documents. The signed deed restrictions should be among those papers. Case closed.

In all fairness, we all know what closing is like-----50 or 60 signatures on a mountain of paper. Probably that person doesn't remember signing deed restrictions and has now convinced himself he never was told about them or signed. Bottom line----it doesn't matter----abide by the deed restrictions, violate them and live with the consequences, or move. Three obvious choices.

[Altavia]

Originally Posted by frose

the restrictions are ridiculous and outdated I wish they would give you these things up front instead of after you close. Not to be allowed to have a pink flamingo on your lawn in florida is just stupid. I would to see them brought up to the 21st century.

It seems there should be a mechanism to update if approved by a majority of the home owners.

There are areas for example where far more than 50% of the homes have similar non compliances.

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by Altavia

It seems there should be a mechanism to update if approved by a majority of the home owners.

There are areas for example where far more than 50% of the homes have similar non compliances.

Majority of home owners? Can’t get a consensus on when dusk occurs.

[Trayderjoe]

Originally Posted by golfing eagles

In all fairness, we all know what closing is like-----50 or 60 signatures on a mountain of paper. Probably that person doesn't remember signing deed restrictions and has now convinced himself he never was told about them or signed. Bottom line----it doesn't matter----abide by the deed restrictions, violate them and live with the consequences, or move. Three obvious choices.

I agree with the three obvious choices you cited. I would say in my opinion, that if someone forgets signing an important document in a pile of documents, it couldn’t have been that important to them at the time it was signed.

Based solely on anecdotal evidence it seems that when faced with the large number of documents that needs to be signed, there are those who don’t read every document, but glance and sign. I am not saying everyone does it that way, but I refuse to sign or initial any document that I haven’t read and understood. I will take as much of the sales person’s time or office time as I need. Blank spaces to be filled in later? The document is not ready for my signature.

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by retiredguy123

I do

I am sure you do but think you are in a small minority of people doing so. I had a rough idea of what is allowed, but did not take the time to read thru the whole thing at closing (but should have) and have learned a lot more on here.

[Bill14564]

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC

I am sure you do but think you are in a small minority of people doing so. I had a rough idea of what is allowed, but did not take the time to read thru the whole thing at closing (but should have) and have learned a lot more on here.

I did the same thing. At closing you are signing a stack of paper large enough you can measure it with a ruler. Much (most? all?) of it is standard boilerplate with your specific details filled in.

Is there really a chance that someone is going to notice a detail in one of those documents and decide they are not going to purchase the house? "I was really looking forward to buying this house but I won't do it if I can't put pink flamingos in the yard."

If someone wants to live in the Villages then this is the stack of paper they are going to sign. A buyer can puff up and say they are going to keep everyone here until they read and understand every paragraph but in the end either they sign it or they forfeit their deposit. There really is no negotiation: just like software EULAs, you click the button, sign the papers, or go somewhere else.

I did spend a considerable amount of time reading the details later. Fortunately, I never planned on raising a flock of pink flamingo statues.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC

I am sure you do but think you are in a small minority of people doing so. I had a rough idea of what is allowed, but did not take the time to read thru the whole thing at closing (but should have) and have learned a lot more on here.

Point being is you knew you signed a whole bunch of documents, involving lots of pages of stuff. You knew you didn't read each page of each document carefully, but you know you have them and signed them. If pressed, you would be able to check on your copy of those documents, to see what's in them when circumstances required it.

This frose person insists that he wasn't TOLD about anything. He signed documents, but has he even checked those documents to see what, exactly, he signed? Doubtful.

Or he's just making up a troll story for us to respond to, and doesn't even own property here in the Villages at all. That's always a possibility. He could be someone's grand-kid on summer break.

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

Point being is you knew you signed a whole bunch of documents, involving lots of pages of stuff. You knew you didn't read each page of each document carefully, but you know you have them and signed them. If pressed, you would be able to check on your copy of those documents, to see what's in them when circumstances required it.

This frose person insists that he wasn't TOLD about anything. He signed documents, but has he even checked those documents to see what, exactly, he signed? Doubtful.

Or he's just making up a troll story for us to respond to, and doesn't even own property here in the Villages at all. That's always a possibility. He could be someone's grand-kid on summer break.

Not all that much for grandkids to do here, so a distinct possibility.